EDITORIAL - Seattle taxpayers are going to fork over $200,000 for a government school principal not to work. Joseph Drake was the principal at John Marshall Alternative School for 12 years. The school is located in the Seattle government school district. Reports start surfacing about principal Drake. It seems that he's viewed as a "threatening person" by his staff. He also uses the F-word during meetings and he bullies evaluators who come to report on his school. The list of hits goes on and on.

Now if this were a private company the solution would be simple (if, that is, there wasn't a union out there to protect this character). Simply put, someone with these character traits would be fired. End of story. But noooooo. Not in this case. Here we are dealing with government. So when the Superintendent wrote Principal Drake a letter telling him that he may be "terminated," he wrote back asking for four years worth of pay. Keep in mind, this government employee makes an annual salary of $105,000. The district said no, we will only pay you one year ... in addition to the money he collects on paid leave. In other words, Principal Drake will collect $200,000 from the taxpayers just to leave the school system.

The real kicker, folks ... Principal Drake feels that he is entitled to this compensation. He says that he deserved the four years of pay "in order that my family and I continue to experience a quality lifestyle." Isn't that sweet? You should fork over your money that you earned so that this government-employed idiot can sit on his butt and do nothing and continue to experience a quality lifestyle.